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Selectively false-positive radionuclide scan in a patient with sarcoidosis and papillary thyroid cancer: a case report and review of the literature
BACKGROUND: Radioiodine and Tc-99 m pertechnetate scans are routinely relied upon to detect metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer; false-positive scans are relatively rare. To our knowledge, no published reports exist of sarcoidosis causing such selectively false-positive scans. METHODS: We present...
Autores principales: | Lebo, Nicole L, Raymond, Francois, Odell, Michael J |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4440505/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25971453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-015-0069-3 |
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